Capacity Building for Recovery, Reform & Resilience

Strategic advisory, institutional reform, and capacity development for governments and donors in fragile and conflict-affected environments

Stratum Levant delivers capacity building and strategic advisory support to governments, security institutions, and international partners operating in fragile, conflict-affected, and post-conflict environments across the Levant and wider Eastern Mediterranean.

Our work focuses on supporting institutional recovery, reform, and long-term resilience, enabling states and public institutions to transition from crisis response toward sustainable governance, security provision, and public trust.

We combine regional presence, policy expertise, and operational experience to design and deliver programmes that align with national priorities, donor frameworks, and local political realities.

A Strategic Approach to Capacity Building

Capacity building in fragile environments requires more than technical training. It demands an understanding of political context, institutional culture, and legitimacy.

Stratum Levant’s approach is:

Strategic — grounded in reform logic and long-term outcomes
Institutional — focused on systems, governance, and sustainability
Context-aware — politically informed and regionally embedded
Donor-aligned — designed to meet international standards and reporting requirements

Our role is to support governments and partners in building capable, credible, and resilient institutions.

Advisory-Led Expertise

Senior Advisory Panel & Expert Guidance

All capacity building programmes are guided by a senior advisory panel comprising former policymakers, security leaders, and regional experts with extensive experience across:

Security sector reform (SSR)
Post-conflict stabilisation and recovery
Defence, policing, and internal security reform
Strategic communications and public sector trust
Disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR)

This advisory depth ensures our work is politically realistic, institutionally credible, and strategically coherent.

Core Capacity Building Domains

Security Sector Reform (SSR)

We support governments and donors in designing and implementing security sector reform programmes that strengthen effectiveness, accountability, and legitimacy.

Our SSR support includes:

Strategic assessments of security institutions
Reform roadmaps aligned with national priorities
Civil–military and inter-agency coordination
Policing and internal security reform
Oversight, governance, and accountability mechanisms

Our approach balances operational capability with institutional reform and public trust.

Former Combatant Reintegration & DDR

Stratum Levant has extensive expertise in former combatant reintegration and DDR-related processes, recognising reintegration as both a security imperative and a social recovery challenge.

We support:

Reintegration strategy design
Community-based stabilisation approaches
Economic and social inclusion pathways
Coordination between security and civilian institutions

Our work supports long-term stability by addressing the root causes of insecurity.

UXO & Counter-IED Capacity Building

we design and support programmes that strengthen institutional capacity to manage UXO and improvised explosive device (IED) risks, including:

UXO risk management frameworks
Counter-IED capacity building
Training, doctrine, and operational coordination
Institutional preparedness and response planning

Strategic Communications & Institutional Trust

effective reform requires public understanding and legitimacy. Stratum Levant supports governments and institutions with strategic communications capacity building, including:

Strategic communications frameworks for reform processes
Public messaging during periods of transition
Counter-disinformation and narrative resilience
Institutional trust-building strategies

Our work helps institutions communicate reform in a way that is credible, coherent, and confidence-building.

Regional Focus

Deep Regional Expertise, Global Standards

Our capacity building work focuses on:

Syria
Lebanon
Palestine
The wider Levant and Eastern Mediterranean

We combine deep regional understanding with international standards and best practice, ensuring programmes are contextually grounded and strategically robust.

Why Stratum Levant

Senior advisory-led approach
Proven experience in fragile and post-conflict environments
Integrated security, governance, and communications expertise
Trusted regional presence and networks
Discreet, politically informed delivery

Our work is guided by the principle that institutional resilience is essential to long-term stability and recovery.

Engage with Stratum Levant

If you represent a government institution, donor, or foundation seeking to support recovery, reform, and resilience in fragile environments, we welcome confidential engagement.